The Textile Arts Center, founded in 2009, is a resource for everyone interested in using textile art to foster their creativity. The TAC offers classes, workshops, residency programs, and special events for interested community members. We are thrilled to host a workshop with their team at the BUST Spring Craftacular. Join us in a tutorial on DIY lap loom weaving! Isa Rodrigues will be leading the workshop which starts at 4pm. This ... Read More

Crafting runs in this vendor's blood. A third generation crafty lady, Diana Rupp learned the tricks of the trade from her mother and grandmother. Pushed by a desire to pursue clothing design and a love for making things, Make Workshop was born in 2002. At BUST, we've fallen head over heels for Diana's crafting workshops and tutorial books. We are lucky enough to have Make Workshop hold a special needlepoint tutorial at the ... Read More

Goldengrove is a Brooklyn-based collection of handmade wax castings by Maggie Cross. (Yep, she makes all of these herself!) The pieces are inspired by Victorian mourning and Oddfellows imagery. We just adore how subtly romantic and pretty these things are. And here's the best part: they are made using only recycled metals and ethically sourced stones. Visit Goldengrove at... BUST Magazine Spring Craftacular and Food Fair @ DUMBOSaturday, ... Read More

Terrariums are great for those folks who weren't born with a green thumb. At the risk of sounding like an infomercial, you seriously just set it and forget it. (Okay, so it's more like you mist it and forget it, but you get the point.) Twig Terrariums is a "verdant venture" between two friends, Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow. Their shop in Gowanus, Brooklyn boasts a variety of terrariums (moss, plant, succulent, and air plant), DIY ... Read More

  I have had the worst relationship with deodorant. I've tried just about everything: lady brands, Mitchum, Degree, Old Spice; all of them were either too weak or put nasty stains on my clothes. I figured aluminum was the problem, as the active ingredient in antiperspirant is proven to leave gross marks, but even aluminum-free deodorants ruined my shirts. So I kept coming back to my old standard, Axe (it's fantastic deodorant, don't ... Read More